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Macron rejects Trump's Gaza peace claims in UN farewell address
September 22, 2026 at 10:27 PM · Updated 23d ago
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French President Emmanuel Macron told the UN General Assembly the declared peace in Gaza has opened no humanitarian corridors.
- Macron, in a farewell speech Tuesday at the UN General Assembly in New York, said the stated Gaza peace never allowed humanitarian aid through.
- Trump, speaking hours earlier, said the war in Gaza ended within weeks and that thousands of lives were saved.
- Macron called the West Bank's daily violations a threat to a Palestinian state, saying Hamas never operated there.
- France has banned imports of West Bank settlement products and tightened sanctions against settler violence.
- Macron told the UN General Assembly the freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz must be guaranteed.
- Macron reiterated France's support for Lebanon after UNIFIL's mission ends, stressing respect for its sovereignty.
- Macron voiced support for negotiations between Russia and Ukraine to end the war.


